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believe me . when you live in gippsland the weather up at cowra is a lot more reliable than ours. we have runs of good weather but a lot of ordinary stuff in between.

I agree. I think that's a good plan. Up there you can rely on the weather too.

I am a bit undecided. I do love flying. It's just getting me down taking so long to get my RPC. When I started I had a great instructor and I was flying 2 or 3 times a week. He moved away. The next instructor was good but he goes up north for half the year. Now I still have good instructors but they are booked out all the time. Running a business makes it hard to book ahead because I never know how busy I am going to be .

That one in the zenith has passed 50 hrs now and seems to be performing really well. Nothing has fallen to bits yet.

I am 57 years old. I don't think I will be making a career out of it.😁

Yes. The xair gets flown. I jump in the right seat and drive with a licensed pilot in the left seat. Great fun to fly. Very stable.

Done the emergency procedures. Not much xwind yet. 8 knots is as strong as I have landed in myself. Steep turns I think we're earlier in the syllabus.

I am already solo and have completed all the exams for RPC. Only 4 hrs solo left to go. Not bothered about xcountry for the next couple of years. Just happy to fly around local area.

Still good prices, even if they add 20. It's good to know from all the replies there are some options out there.

Bit far away for me. I did think about it.

I train at Latrobe valley aero club. Traralgon. Your right ,it's not cheap.

I asked about raaus but he may have not heard me . Now I think about it he asked if I had a casa medical, I just assumed it was because training was in controlled airspace.

I have passed all the raaus exams but I imagine they are pretty easy compared to GA.

I rang a flying school at Moorabbin and that's the price I got. It was oasis. Do you think he gave me a GA rate.

Thanks. Just looked up Cowra aero club. Would be good weather too. Down here the weather can be pretty ordinary.

Is that ra or ga

That is a bargain

Don't know if it's done anywhere now. That's why I first mentioned ga. I can do that here in another school that is not so busy. I have listed the ultralight. If it sells I will go back to RC models. I have enjoyed the training in raaus but after nearly 3 years and no ticket I am over it.

Not real sure we are on the same page here. I was talking about Holbrook flying school which had some thrusters and you could book your course which includes onsite accommodation.

Ga at our club is over $400p/h. If you do raaus at Moorabbin you are paying around $420 p/h. It's expensive when you can't do regular lessons.

I understand there is a need for a lot of training for people flying further and in faster aircraft. But the auf was what got me interested years ago and I was silly enough to think it was still like that. Remember when you could go to Holbrook for 2 weeks ,stay on the airfield and go home with your certificate. As quite a few have mentioned before ,it would be great to have something like the auf so people can still learn and fly in rag and tube. I think raaus mean well, they want everyone to be safe but they are ga now not ultralight. As good as anyway.

I have no interest in flying in controlled airspace or even long trips for that matter. I have an xair rag and tube for burning around my local area. The reason I thought of changing to GA is purely because it is so hard to finish my raaus certificate here. The club is booked out all the time and because I have weeks in between lessons I go back to square one each time. I am thinking of selling the plane and sticking to ground based hobbies. There is far too much bullsh#t to go through when you just want to fly around the local area at 60 knots in good weather. Those head tracking setups in rc are really appealing, I flew rc for a long time and loved it. I can understand pilot training has to cover a lot of scenarios but do I keep paying $320 p/h trying to get a certificate I may never receive.

It seems odd to me To have an aircraft and worry about a one off purchase of a power lead for $50. Just buy it.

They look like full lotus floats . They have been around for years and have a good reputation.